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An Emotional AI

An Emotional AI

A Chinese tech company, Huawei, is developing artificial intelligence that they believe could read human emotions. The AI would be used in smartphone virtual assistants (think SIRI) and would upgrade them to be more emotionally interactive. Currently such technology...

The Backlash Against AI Weapons

The Backlash Against AI Weapons

The Pentagon has been forming new partnerships in Silicon Valley, but not everyone is on board. After it was revealed that Google was assisting the U.S. Defense Department in creating AI software for drone target recognition, in what was dubbed Project Maven, Google...

The United Kingdom Seeks a Different Kind of AI Leadership

The United Kingdom Seeks a Different Kind of AI Leadership

Another country has announced its ambitions for AI leadership: The United Kingdom. Earlier this week, the House of Lords are calling for British leadership in the ethics of artificial intelligence. Their report, titled AI in the UK: Ready, willing, and able?, states...

The 2018 BGF-G7 Summit Conference

The 2018 BGF-G7 Summit Conference

This Wednesday, April 25th, Boston Global Forum will host its annual BGF-G7 Summit Conference. This year's issue is artificial intelligence, which BGF has been working on through Artificial Intelligence World Society, a collaboration between BGF, MDI, Club de Madrid,...

AIWS 7-Layer Model to Build Next Generation Democracy

AIWS 7-Layer Model to Build Next Generation Democracy

At the 2018 BGF-G7 Summit Conference, scheduled Wednesday, April 25, we will be introducing our AIWS 7-Layer Model to Build Next Generation Democracy. The model is a result of collaboration between our Artificial Intelligence World Society initiative and the Club de...